In responses to a WESH 2 News public records request for text messages from Orange County’s mayor and commissioners, Orange County government provided hundreds of pages of documents and CD photo images Wednesday.

Commissioner Fred Brummer: Received email and/or text communication from former county attorney Tom Wilkes, who suggested delaying the sick pay ballot initiative. Brummer also received text messages from Darden restaurants lobbyist Elizabeth Thibodaux, Universal lobbyist John McReynolds, SeaWorld lobbyist Jay Galbraith and he sent messages to Rosen Hospitality lobbyist Angel de la Portilla. Brummer voted to delay putting the sick pay measure on the Nov. 6 ballot. Prior to that he voted to continue the Sept. 11 public hearing, alleging the language and title were confusing.

Commissioner Scott Boyd: Communicated through text messaging with Mears Transportation Group lobbyist Shannon Gravitte and Disney lobbyist Sharon Smoley. He also exchanged messages with a woman identified only as "Cindy" of the Avalon Homeowners Association. Some of the messages suggested Boyd vote to reject the sick pay measure, which he did.

Commissioner Jennifer Thompson: Wednesday released text messages from Sept. 24 onward. Her text messages on Sept. 11, which she claims were deleted, may not be recovered. WESH 2 News and the Citizens For A Greater Orange County requested all public records, including text messages and emails, Sept. 12. If Thompson deleted messages after those records requests that may be a crime punishable under Florida law. Previously WESH 2 News revealed she exchanged and deleted 32 messages between her and Disney lobbyist Smoley during the sick pay public hearing. Also new today were Thompson’s Facebook posts, including one five days before the sick pay vote, "I am not going to stand in the way of sending the initiative to the ballot nor do I argue that people should be able to take time off when their kids are sick." In another Facebook post, Thompson tells someone that she did not know text messages on personal phones were considered public records. Thompson was one of the four who voted to delay putting the measure on the ballot.

Commissioner Ted Edwards: More of his text conversation with Orange County Republican Party Chair Lew Oliver was released. The conversation was first revealed Oct. 8. It occurred an hour and a half before the public hearing began Sept. 11, and it reveals that Edwards and other Commissioners were being coached by Oliver on ways to make it appear the sick pay referendum title and language were confusing and that the measure should be rejected. Edwards must have thought differently, because he voted for putting the measure to voters Nov. 6.

Mayor Teresa Jacobs: Not too much new was released for Jacobs. She previously admitted that she had text conversations with her longtime friend and initial choice for county attorney, Kevin Shaughnessy. He is not a current lobbyist registered with Orange County, but has represented Disney in legal actions in the past. Disney was a sick pay opponent. At one point during the Sept. 11 hearing, Jacobs asks Shaughnessy for help, "This is so bizarre. Pls help me with a written explanation of my position," wrote Jacobs. "This is most distressful to me." One interesting, newly-revealed text message involves a conversation the day after the sick pay measure effectively died. It was between Jacobs and one of her aides, Mike Thomas.

"It was a hell of a hearing," said Jacobs.

"You were the Zen master last night," said Thomas. "I don’t know of anyone else who could have pulled that off."

Jacobs joined Edwards and Commissioner Tiffany Moore Russell voting to put the sick pay referendum on the November ballot.